Diplacus aurantiacus, the sticky monkey-flower or orange bush monkey-flower, is a flowering plant that grows in a subshrub form, native to southwestern North America from southwestern Oregon south through most of California. It is a member of the lopseed family, Phrymaceae. It was formerly known as Mimulus aurantiacus.
Diplacus aurantiacus
Image: Stickymonkeyflower
Image: Mimulus aurantiacus flowers 2003 03 11
Image: Mimulus aurantiacus 1
Phrymaceae, also known as the lopseed family, is a small family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales. It has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution, but is concentrated in two centers of diversity, one in Australia, the other in western North America. Members of this family occur in diverse habitats, including deserts, river banks and mountains.
Phrymaceae
Mimulus guttatus from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885